Showing posts with label Kadoorie Pier. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kadoorie Pier. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Casse-tête chinois pour le Judoka - Marc Briand (1967) - Castle Peak Bay, Tuen Mun

After a slightly long hiatus (I was in London for a month), I am now back in HK and can pick up where I left off with another location from Casse-tête chinois pour le Judoka. This time we are over on Kadoorie Pier as everyone gets ready to head over to the evil enemy base.

However, I am a bit stumped as to the identity of the house in the background of the last image. It must have been located where the Hoi Tin Garden Restaurant now stands at the other end of Castle Peak Beach, but its identity is currently eluding me. If anyone knows please leave a comment (no, it's not Boulder Lodge). I created a place for it on Gwulo some time ago but so far still no information.

Friday, September 29, 2017

Die Jungen Tiger von Hongkong - Robert Woods (1969) - Castle Peak Bay, Tuen Mun

In a marvelous feat of pursuit, Woods catches up with his target (a foreign doctor who has been administering drugs to his subdued victims) only a few minutes later but in a location that is on the other side of the new territories (you may remember Weiße Fracht für Hongkong achieving something similar, although in that film they walked it!).

Similar to that film as well, Woods eventually gets hold of his enemy on what looks to be the Kadoorie Pier. Again, this scene was still part of the "excursion to Singapore" portion of the film.

Castle Peak Bay before it was reclaimed for development


 In the last picture you can just see  a small portion of Boulder Lodge - the private mansion owned by the Kadoorie family (after who this pier/beach area is named) who are perhaps most famous in Hong Kong for owning and running the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels company (owner of the Peninsula) and China Light & Power etc.

Sunday, April 16, 2017

Weiße Fracht für Hongkong - Dietmar Schönherr (1963) - Kadoorie Pier, Tuen Mun

Much of the film's finale takes place inside the grounds of a ship building company. I'm still in the process of figuring out the exact position but just after the bad guy escapes he can be seen running down Kadoorie Pier with a great view of Castle Peak in the background. The pier is still around but now has a canopy. The map lists it as Castle Peak Pier, I think the Kadoorie name has been attached because of its proximity to the Kadoorie villa on the headland and the eponymous beach next door.